Florida Amendment 5, Appointments of County Superintendents of Public Instruction Amendment (1964)

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Florida Amendment 5

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Election date

November 3, 1964

Topic
Public education governance
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment 		Origin

State legislature


Florida Amendment 5 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 3, 1964. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported allowing for the appointment of the superintendent of public instruction in several counties.

A “no” vote opposed allowing for the appointment of the superintendent of public instruction in several counties.


Election results

Florida Amendment 5

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

507,445 61.09%
No 323,203 38.91%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 5 was as follows:

“

NO. 5—CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XII

Appointment or election of County School Superintendent in certain counties—Proposing an amendment to Article XII of the State Constitution providing that the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be appointed by the County Board of Public Instruction in the counties of Escambia, Lake, Martin, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, Putnam and Seminole wherein the proposition is affirmed by a majority vote of the qualified electors of any such county making the office appointive and providing that any county adopting this proposition may, after four years, return to its former status by the same procedure for adopting it.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.


Constitutional changes

Section __. County Superintendent of Public Instruction; Appointment in Certain Counties.

(1) The county superintendent of public instruction shall be appointed by the county board of public instruction in the counties of Escambia, Lake, Martin, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, Putnam and Seminole wherein the proposition is affirmed by a majority vote of the qualified electors of any such county making the office of county superintendent of public instruction appointive.

(2) The board of public instruction of the county must request an election, which may be a special election or may be on the ballot of any regular primary or general election to be designated by the board of public instruction, and upon such timely request the board of county commissioners of such county will call such special election or cause to be placed on the ballot at such other election the proposition whether subsection (1) shall be effective in such county.

(3) Any county adopting the provisions of subsection (1) hereof may after four years return to its former status and reject the provisions of this section by the same procedure outlined in subsection (2) hereof for adopting the provisions thereof in the beginning.

(4) In the event a referendum election results in a change in the method of selecting a county superintendent, the incumbent shall be permitted to serve the remainder of the term of office to which he was duly elected or appointed.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Florida Constitution

A 60% vote was required during one legislative session for the Florida State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounted to a minimum of 51 votes in the Florida House of Representatives and 18 votes in the Florida State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments did not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot. Amendments on the ballot required a simple majority vote in this year.

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